Dogs Don't Wear Pants

(2019)

★ 6.9 IMDb · 201 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2019

Runtime: 105 мин

Country: Finland, Latvia

Director: J-P Valkeapää

Cast: Pekka Strang, Криста Косонен, Ilona Huhta, Jani Volanen, Oona Airola, Iiris Anttila, Ester Geislerová, Samuel Shipway, Ellen Karppo, Armands Reinis

Plot

A grieving heart surgeon struggling with the loss of his wife drifts through an emotionally detached life while raising his teenage daughter. His chance encounter with a dominatrix awakens feelings he thought were gone, drawing him into a dark and unconventional world where pain and desire intertwine.

The story follows Juha who develops an unexpected but powerful connection with a dominatrix named Mona, following a tragic event in his life that has left him emotionally paralyzed. His dangerous addiction to suffocation is reciprocated by Mona leading them both down a wild and crazy path towards emotional enlightenment. Dogs Don't Wear Pants is a darkly humorous story of loss, love and the sweet pain of being.